I have noticed in a few of these videos that the QB does not tuck the ball away once crossing the line of scrimmage (Newton does it in this particular video, as well as other QBs in different videos). Can this be fixed before release?

That looked bad from beginning to end. The lack of footwork is really killing it for me. Players just can't change direction like this without planting their foot in the ground. It's not only ugly but effects the spacing & timing of the game.

yea this just looks bad with the sliding. they got the locomotion tech...now they need to add more footwork and WEIGHT. this is the one thing i was hoping they would work on after they implemented the new locomotion tech. you control guys on last gen(which im playing 07 ps2 franchise still), and even up until '10 this gen, they have weight....you werent gliding a carboard cutout around on the field.

he covered too much ground too quickly even while sidestepping. i dont know why this is so hard to get the basics of human capabilities down in a game. for comparison...this looks like Call of Duty meets football...in the way that in cod ur player runs around with absolutely no human feel or weight and glide around the map at will with no respect to weight or physics. there may also be a prob with the field being too small/players too big or something....kinda like how they fixed it in nba 2k10 or '11 cuz the court was too small so it had horrible court spacing.

They're fine. I actually prefer an always connected experience.
I'd really prefer an offline way to play, but its not a bother.
I don't really like them, and am more reluctant to buy a game because of it.
I won't buy them. I want my games offline.